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A young gentleman, in fur-bordered sky-blue day gown and open white shirt, powdered hair
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PIERRE ROUVIER (FRENCH, AFTER 1742 - AFTER 1815)
A young gentleman, in fur-bordered sky-blue day gown and open white shirt, powdered hair
signed and dated 'Rouvier 1780' (lower right)
2 1/8 in. (54 mm.) diam., set on the cover of a gold-mounted circular composition bonbonnière struck with the discharge mark of Henry Clavel, the base with gold initials on plaited hair
A young gentleman, in fur-bordered sky-blue day gown and open white shirt, powdered hair
signed and dated 'Rouvier 1780' (lower right)
2 1/8 in. (54 mm.) diam., set on the cover of a gold-mounted circular composition bonbonnière struck with the discharge mark of Henry Clavel, the base with gold initials on plaited hair
Provenance
Alphonse Kann Collection, Paris (in 1906).
Leo Schidlof's Kunstauktionshaus, Vienna, 7-12 February 1921, lot 536.
Albert Lindheimer (1876-1938) Collection, Frankfurt/Main, inv. no. 86. (in 1924).
Eugène Pap (1910-2006) Collection, Paris; Christie's, London, 24 May 2000, lot 34.
Leo Schidlof's Kunstauktionshaus, Vienna, 7-12 February 1921, lot 536.
Albert Lindheimer (1876-1938) Collection, Frankfurt/Main, inv. no. 86. (in 1924).
Eugène Pap (1910-2006) Collection, Paris; Christie's, London, 24 May 2000, lot 34.
Literature
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, II, p. 702 (praised as 'excellent').
Exhibited
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, OEuvres d'art du XVIIIe siècle, 1906, no. 412 (lent by Alphonse Kann, Paris).
Vienna, Albertina, Internationale Miniaturen-Ausstellung in der Albertina Wien, 1924, no. 733 (lent by Albert Lindheimer, Frankfurt).
Vienna, Albertina, Internationale Miniaturen-Ausstellung in der Albertina Wien, 1924, no. 733 (lent by Albert Lindheimer, Frankfurt).
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